The goal of this project is to digitally preserve all USGS topographic maps printed by the agency. About 2300 WI maps were scanned during the pilot project in the summer of 2005 and we have continued utilizing the Robinson Map Library&#39;s collection of USGS maps to scan the remaining Midwest region. At present, completed states are: WI, IL, & MN (NE is in progress). Discussions are currently ongoing regarding IA and IN possibly being scanned by USGS business partner HIG, Inc. who will utilize those University Library collections rather than collections at UW-Madison. The plan is for the imagery to be geoprocessed and accessible via an application in GOS. Compression and web accessibility are being discussed at the present time. No decisions have been made as of yet. The uncompressed TIFFs will be deposited into the National Archives and will serve as the official archival record. Collaboration with other scanning projects will be an essential piece to this project. USGS plans to develop a similar website to track the progress of this scanning project and will potentially allow other institutions to contribute collections of their own depending on scanning specifications. This website will be announced as soon as it is up and running. Official contacts for this project are Greg Allord of USGS and Jaime Martindale of UW-Madison.